North Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary campus in Godfrey, Illinois, North Elementary School teaches 549 students from grades 2 through 5, run under Alton CUSD 11. Enrollment runs roughly 44% above the state mean of about 381.

Alton CUSD 11 runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,526 students. North Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, North Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 34% Black, 13% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting North Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, North Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.1%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Madison County) records that median household income runs about $75,793, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Madison County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,253 students), North Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Early Childhood is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North Elementary School. On composite proficiency, North Elementary School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 28.4%.

North Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. North Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 588 (now 549). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 51% to 46%.

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